Progress is slow

One of my hobbies is flying paragliders. I picked a bad day to fly and took a digger. The short version is a bilateral open book pelvic fracture, dislocated sacrum and fractured L5(just cosmetic). That means I broke my hip into 3 pieces and it was folded over at 45 degree angle. My upper and lower body were only connected by soft tissue.. 

Long version: http://flight-216.blogspot.com/

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Post:

I 'm hoping to be starting to learn to walk again in late January. I'm going to be off all of my sports that distract me from the car. I think things will progress quickly in February :)

Cardboard is so strong

Mocked up the bulkhead and engine cover in cardboard this evening.

The front and top panels will be aluminum and removable.

More soon hopefully.

Accessories and stuff

Mocked up the Cayman alternator on the LS3. It could work but the power steering would be a pain. I was considering using the Porsche Motorsport electric setup but it's very expensive. 

Swapped the valve covers to move the oil fill to the rear of the engine.

Nifty LS3 rocker setup. SBCs have come a long way!

Wound up getting the GM alternator and PS kit. All the parts including brackets and bolts were 1/3 the cost of just the PSM electric pump. I will need to do something with the PS res but otherwise this is plug and play.

Exhaust

Mufflers, flex joints and V-bands showed up this past week.

Borla XR1 mufflers. Probably going to add a pair of resonators too.

AEM Sensors

Outfitting the Cayman with an Arcflash Motorsport Dash. The dash is designed to use AEM sensors as well as many others.

EGT

 Brake Pressure

 Fuel Pressure

Clutch

Quarter Master 7.25" dual disk clutch with LS3 Button Flywheel

I decided to go this approach so I could reuse the clutch (with $200 worth of new disks spline for GM) when I go with the Quaife Sequential box. The whole package is 1/2 the price of the KEP clutch. Strong and lighter too.

~2" thick spacer to get proper engagement with the factory transmission

More subframe

Still need to tie the subframe into the front OE motor mount but it's almost complete.

Subframe

 Need to tie the subframe to the OE motor mount and build a cross member for the rear lower suspension still.

Modified OE transmission mounts:

Rear undertray support and swaybar in for test fits: